2011 UPDATED LISTS: Medical Extensions | Reshuffle
Here is a list of the players who have qualified for at least one of the four majors in 2011. Golfers are omitted if they haven’t recently competed in majors for which they are eligible (i.e. Nick Price at the British Open and PGA Championship).
REMAINING QUALIFYING CRITERIA can be found below the list.
Major qualifications
Players
Majors qualified
1-Masters, 2-U.S. Open, 3-British Open, 4-PGA Championship
Robert Allenby
1, 2, 3
Fredrik Andersson Hed
3
Stuart Appleby
1
Arjun Atwal
1, 4
Paul Azinger
4
Kurt Barnes
3
Ricky Barnes
1
Rich Beem
4
Lucas Bjerregaard
3 (must retain amateur status to compete)
Jason Bohn
1
Mark Brooks
4
Jonathan Byrd
1, 2, 4
Angel Cabrera
1, 2, 3, 4
Mark Calcavecchia
3
Michael Campbell
2
Paul Casey
1, 2, 3, 4
Alex Cejka
1, 2
K.J. Choi
1, 2, 3
David Chung
1 (must retain amateur status to compete)
Stewart Cink
1, 2, 3, 4
Tim Clark
1, 2, 3
Darren Clarke
3
Fred Couples
1
Ben Crane
1, 2, 3
Ben Crenshaw
1
Ben Curtis
3
John Daly
3, 4
Rhys Davies
3
Jason Day
1, 2, 3, 4
Luke Donald
1, 2, 3, 4*
Jason Dufner
4
David Duval
3
Simon Dyson
4
Steve Elkington
4
Ernie Els
1, 2, 3
Nick Faldo
1, 3
Ross Fisher
1, 3, 4*
Rickie Fowler
1, 2, 3, 4*
Hiroyuki Fujita
1, 2, 3
Jim Furyk
1, 2, 3, 4
Stephen Gallacher
3
Sergio Garcia
1
Robert Garrigus
4
Lucas Glover
1, 2, 3, 4
Retief Goosen
1, 2, 3
Richard Green
3
Bill Haas
1, 2, 4
Todd Hamilton
3
Anders Hansen
3
Peter Hanson
1, 3, 4*
Padraig Harrington
1, 2, 3, 4
Gregory Havret
1, 2, 3
Charley Hoffman
1, 2, 3, 4
Yuta Ikeda
1
Trevor Immelman
1, 2, 3, 4
Ryo Ishikawa
1
Thongchai Jaidee
3
Jin Jeong
1 (must retain amateur status to compete)
Miguel Angel Jimenez
1, 2, 3, 4*
Dustin Johnson
1, 2, 3, 4
Zach Johnson
1, 2, 3, 4
Robert Karlsson
1, 2, 3
Martin Kaymer
1, 2, 3, 4
Jerry Kelly
1
Simon Khan
3
Anthony Kim
1, 2
Kyung-Tae Kim
1, 2, 3
Lion Kim
1 (must retain amateur status to compete)
Matt Kuchar
1, 2, 3, 4
Rick Kulacz
3
Martin Laird
1, 2, 3
Bernhard Langer
1, 2, 3
Paul Lawrie
3
Tom Lehman
3
Justin Leonard
3
W.C. Liang
4
Davis Love III
1, 2, 4
Joost Luiten
3
Sandy Lyle
1, 3
Hunter Mahan
1, 2, 3
Steve Marino
1
Hideki Matsuyama
1 (must retain amateur status to compete)
Graeme McDowell
1, 2, 3, 4
Rory McIlroy
1, 2, 3, 4
Rocco Mediate
4
Shaun Micheel
4
Phil Mickelson
1, 2, 3, 4
Matt Millar
3
Larry Mize
1
Bryce Molder
4
Edoardo Molinari
1, 2, 3, 4*
Francesco Molinari
1, 2, 3, 4*
Ryan Moore
1, 2, 3
Kevin Na
1, 2, 3
Seung-yul Noh
3
Greg Norman
3
Sean O’Hair
1, 3
Mark O’Meara
1, 3
Geoff Ogilvy
1, 2, 3
Jose Maria Olazabal
1
Louis Oosthuizen
1, 2, 3, 4
Jeff Overton
1, 2, 3, 4*
Ryan Palmer
1, 2, 3
Carl Pettersson
1
Ian Poulter
1, 2, 3, 4*
Alvaro Quiros
1, 2, 3
Robert Rock
3
Justin Rose
1, 2, 3
Charl Schwartzel
1, 2, 3
Adam Scott
1, 2, 3
Vijay Singh
1, 4
Heath Slocum
1, 2, 4
Nathan Smith
1 (must retain amateur status to compete)
Brandt Snedeker
1, 2
Craig Stadler
1
Henrik Stenson
1, 2, 3
Kevin Streelman
1, 2, 3
Steve Stricker
1, 2, 3, 4*
David Toms
1, 4
Bob Tway
4
Peter Uihlein
1, 2, 3 (must retain amateur status to compete in all)
Bo Van Pelt
1, 2, 3
Camilo Villegas
1, 2, 3, 4
Nick Watney
1, 2, 3
Bubba Watson
1, 2, 3, 4
Tom Watson
1, 3
Mike Weir
1
Lee Westwood
1, 2, 3, 4*
Danny Willett
3
Tiger Woods
1, 2, 3, 4
Ian Woosnam
1
Y.E. Yang
1, 2, 3, 4
REMAINING QUALIFYING CRITERIA
Criteria are listed in chronological order where possible. Best estimates are given but all are subject to change.
MASTERS (1) @ Augusta National — April 7-10
Special invitees to international players per Masters Tournament Committee (typically mid- to late-January).
Top 50 from World Ranking on March 28.
Winners of PGA TOUR events that award full point allocation for THE TOUR Championship through April 3.
U.S. OPEN (2) @ Congressional — June 16-19
Multiple winners of PGA TOUR events between the 2010 and 2011 U.S. Opens.
Winner of Masters (April 10).
Winner of PLAYERS Championship (May 15).
Top 10 from PGA TOUR money list on May 22.
Top 2 from Race to Dubai on May 22.
Top 50 from World Ranking on May 22.
Open qualifying (late May-early June).
Top 50 from World Ranking on June 13.
Special exemptions per USGA Executive Committee.
BRITISH OPEN (3) @ Royal St. George’s — July 14-17
Top 3 from IFQ — Africa (Jan. 20).
Top 4 from IFQ — Asia (Feb. 25).
Winner of Masters (April 10).
Winner of PLAYERS (May 15).
Winner of BMW PGA Championship (May 29).
Top 50 from World Ranking on May 30.
After World Ranking on May 30 is applied — Top 3 and ties inside Top 20 from Race to Dubai thru BMW PGA Championship (May 29).
After World Ranking on May 30 is applied — Top 3 and ties inside Top 20 in FedExCup Points thru the HP Byron Nelson Championship (May 29).
Top 8 from IFQ — America (May 23).
Top 10 from IFQ — Europe (June 6).
Winner of British Amateur (June 18).
Winner of U.S. Open (June 19).
Top 4, not otherwise exempt, from Mizuno Open on Japan Golf Tour (June 26).
Top 2, not otherwise exempt, from money list on Japan Golf Tour ending with Mizuno Open. (June 26).
Top 2 golfers from special short-term money list on European Tour. (May 8 thru June 26; includes U.S. Open).
Top 3 at each of four venues — LFQ (June 28).
Top 2 from special money list on PGA TOUR. Tournaments included: PLAYERS (May 15), Memorial (June 5), St. Jude (June 12), U.S. Open (June 19), Travelers (June 26), ATT National (July 3).
Top finisher, not otherwise exempt, among Top 5 and ties at French Open (July 3).
Top finisher, not otherwise exempt, among Top 5 and ties at ATT National (July 3).
Top finisher, not otherwise exempt, among Top 5 and ties at Scottish Open (July 10).
Top finisher, not otherwise exempt, among Top 5 and ties at John Deere Classic (July 10).
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP (4) @ Atlanta Athletic Club — August 11-14
Winners of PGA TOUR events thru the final week before the 2011 PGA Championship.
Winner of Masters (April 10).
Winner of Senior PGA Championship (May 29).
Winner of U.S. Open (June 19).
Top 20 from PGA Professional National Championship (June 29).
Winner of British Open (July 17).
Top 70 from special money list on PGA TOUR from 2010 WGC-Bridgestone through 2011 Greenbrier Classic (July 31).
All 2010 Ryder Cup members, provided they are inside top 100 of World Ranking on Aug. 1. (Ryder Cup members that have already qualified under a different criterion do not have an asterisk.)
Special exemptions per PGA of America. (This will likely include all golfers inside Top 100 of World Ranking on Aug. 1.)
If necessary, golfers outside Top 70 from special money list (three lines above) will gain entry in order of position to complete the field of 156.
Be sure to check out Rob Bolton’s Power Rankings and Fantasy Insider each week on PGATOUR.COM